Quattrone case hearing delayed

Wednesday 5 November 2003 12:31 BST

A NEW York judge has delayed a hearing at which federal prosecutors were today due to discuss whether to bring new charges against Frank Quattrone, the former Credit Suisse First Boston banker whose first trial resulted in a hung jury.

Quattrone was tried on charges of obstructing justice when an official investigation was under way into whether shares of popular company flotations had been doled out to hedge funds in exchange for kickbacks to CSFB.